Weather In Australia 2021.

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ou're lucky there's no volume on this video because Barron Falls, about 40 minutes inland from Cairns on the Atherton Tableland, would give your eardrums a serious pounding.

The falls, which drop a total of 125 metres on the Barron River, are absolutely pumping this week after a deluge of rain in Far North Queensland.


Video: wrgftgh. Source: @aaron_hill85 on Instagram.

Here is a still image of the falls this week.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/the-thunderous-roar-of-half-a-metre-of-far-north-queensland-rain/533968

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https://www.sott.net/article/452326-Triple-waterspout-action-off-New-South-Wales-Australia

WATER spouts off the coast at Old Bar, near Taree on NSW's North Coast, were matched by a brief but intense storm with hail, as the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) predicts a cold snap and widespread rain for the remainder of the week across the east coast of NSW.

The weather event was short and sharp this afternoon (May 4) with Jason Fitzgerald of Port Macquarie capturing some of the triple water spout action off Old Bar beach.

At one point, five water spouts had formed and were seen offshore as far north as Harrington.

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A cold snap is headed for Queensland after parts of the coast were smashed by severe overnight storms.
A massive clean-up operation is underway after the state was pummeled by powerful thunderstorms, hail and damaging winds.
The intense weather system saw a millimetre of rain dumped almost every minute in some parts of the state's southeast.
https://www.9news.com.au/wild-weather/weather-news-cold-snap-headed-for-queensland-after-sever-thunderstorms-smash-sunshine-state/5b1d7e2f-4e5d-4d80-a27d-946dac8c7314

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Parts of Australia are experiencing an early taste of winter this weekend, with temperatures plunging and snow falling in parts of the country.
Cold fronts are bringing brisk winds, showers, small hail and highland snow to Tasmania, southern South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales.
It's the coldest day of the year so far for many parts, with the mercury only climbing to 12.8C and 12.1C in Melbourne and Canberra.
READ MORE: Early taste of winter for Australia's southeast
https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-south-wales-weather-snow-in-perisher-while-cold-temperatures-forecast-for-parts-of-the-state/237e7ef8-81d8-4c5b-8b77-d6c9eacb85f1

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Icy weather sweeping across Australia's southeast has broken records this morning, with Sydney experiencing the chilliest run of days in a decades.
Sydneysiders woke to another day of temperatures below 9C, making it the longest stretch of cold days in May in 54 years.
"It is chilly out there. We saw a cold front move through southern eastern parts of the country early this week and that brought cold air from a long way south," Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore told Today.
READ MORE: More icy, brisk conditions for southeast coast

https://www.9news.com.au/national/record-cold-weather-for-may-in-sydney-as-southeast-australia-continues-to-shiver/69ced3d8-2087-41c8-9f70-0d7babcac7a3

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Ben Domensino, Monday May 24, 2021 - 09:35 EST
Hail has blanketed parts of Western Australia's Great Southern District amid a surge of icy weather on Monday morning.

A cold air mass moving up from the Southern Ocean is today spreading over southwestern districts of Western Australia.



Image: A cold air mass (blue) spreading over the southwest corner of Western Australia on Monday morning.

While showers, thunderstorms, blustery winds and cold air have been affecting the state's southwest since the weekend, the coldest part of this air mass is arriving this morning (Monday).

Streets in Albany were covered in a coating of small hail in the early hours of Monday morning as showers pushed ashore within the frigid parcel of air.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/hail-in-wa-with-snow-a-chance-this-morning-/534165

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Most Australian's are in for a wetter than average winter with experts warning the extra rainfall could increase the danger during upcoming bushfire season.
The latest seasonal outlook released today by the Bureau of Meteorology BOM) shows warmer and wetter conditions in northern Australia, while parts of southern Australia could be drier than average.
"Our climate drivers are currently neutral, meaning we're not getting El Niño or La Niña bringing particularly dry nor particularly wet conditions to the continent," BOM Climatologist Dr Lynette Bettio said.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-winter-outlook-wetter-than-average-season-sparks-bushfire-warnings/bcf3953f-1276-45da-95ad-8a4c158cb347

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It has been the coldest May morning in more than half a century as widespread frost and sub-zero temperatures grip southeastern Australia.

Melbourne shivered through its coldest May morning in 72 years on Sunday, reaching a frost-inducing 1.7°C. It was also its coldest morning in 3 years and coldest outside of winter since 1970.

Records tumbled in Horsham as the mercury fell to a mind-numbing -4.3°C, its coldest May morning in 64 years of records. It was also the coldest May morning on record for Yarram (-3.3°C) and Kanagulk (-4.0°C), although these observation sites have only been around for 13 and 17 years respectively.

Temperatures also plummeted outside of Victoria, with Adelaide having its equal coldest May morning in 15 years, dropping to 3.5°C. However, if only considering the current West Terrace site (that was offline from 1979 to 2016), it was the coldest May morning in 101 years. Adelaide Airport was even colder despite being near the coast, reaching 2.2°C, its coldest May morning in 36 years.

Even locations a long distance away from the mainland felt the chill. Norfolk Island fell to a seemingly mild 12.5°C, but this was its coldest May morning in 42 years.

Dozens of locations throughout Victoria, eastern parts of South Australia, and southern New South Wales, had their coldest May morning in at least 15 years, and falling between 6 and 12 degrees below average for this time of year.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/record-breaking-freeze-in-the-southeast/534217

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A prolonged outbreak of windy, cold, wet and stormy weather could impact eastern Australia next week.

A large upper-level cut-off low pressure system will move over southern and southeastern Australia next week, most likely between Tuesday and Friday. This simply refers to a broad, isolated pool of cold air several kilometres above the ground that has moved up towards Australia from the Southern Ocean.

The image below shows where the cut-off low is expected to be located on Thursday June 10, according to three different forecast models.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/winters-first-cut-off-low-to-deliver-dangerous-weather-next-week/534236

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As reported last week, the icy front forecast to bring snow to the central and northern tablelands of New South Wales (NSW) is still on course to hit this Wednesday and Thursday.

Temperatures are expected to tumble some 16C below the June average for central and eastern parts of the state. While practically ALL of the Aussie continent should brace for an extreme chill by Wednesday:
https://electroverse.net/heavy-snowfall-on-course-for-nsw-as-antarctic-blast-stretches-to-queensland/

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Sydney just shivered through its coldest day in 37 years as icy winds blew across NSW.

Clouds, rain and a freezing air mass wrapping around a large and slow-moving cut-off low pressure system prevented the temperature from getting any higher than 10.3ºC at Sydney's Observatory Hill weather station on Thursday, as of 5pm AEST.



Image: Enhanced water vapour satellite image showing the upper-level cut-off low over NSW on Thursday.

If this temperature isn't exceeded by 9am on Friday, this will officially be Sydney's coldest day in 37 years.

Based on the running maximum temperatures at 5pm, it was also the coldest day in 37 years at Inverell (6.1ºC), 29 years at Mudgee (5.9ºC) and 25 years at Sydney Airport (11.4ºC).

What makes today's cold weather in Sydney even more remarkable is that it occurred under predominantly northerly winds.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/sydneys-coldest-day-in-decades-/534322

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Blizzards are the latest phenomenon to hit the Land Down Under, which have dumped up to a metre (3.3 feet) of early-season snow across vast swathes of New South Wales (NWS) as the state shivers through historic low temperatures.

According to 9News, NWS has suffered “a record-breaking start to winter … Sydney’s coldest day in 37 years.”

Sydney Observatory registered a Tmax of 10.3C on Thursday — the lowest since 1984; while the city’s Airport logged 11.4C — a reading just 0.1C off its lowest June Tmax on record, in books dating back to 1939.

“It [Thursday] is definitely one of the coldest days in Sydney for a really, really long time,” said the Bureau of Meteorology’s Gabrielle Woodhouse.

A 9News headline reads: “NSW records coldest June day in 122 years.”

Other chilly locales include:

Bankstown, which woke to a low of 2.2C on Thursday morning and a windchill of zero.

And Campbelltown, which saw a low of 0.0C and a feels-like of -3.1C.
https://electroverse.net/sydney-coldest-day-in-37-years-nsw-coldest-june-day-in-122-years/

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A strong cold front is crossing southwest Western Australia, bringing gales, rain, storms, and the potential for snow on the Stirling Ranges tonight.

While the southeast endured an unusually prolonged cold outbreak during the second week of June, the southwest has largely been warmer than average—the exception a brief cool spell Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th. A strong cold front is now crossing the southwest, bringing gales, rain, and much cooler temperatures.

Cape Leeuwin has been gusting over 90 km/h this morning, peaking at 102 km/h around dawn, and around 15mm of rain has fallen over South West, South Coastal and southern parts of Great Southern. Temperatures will remain in the low-to-mid teens for Monday, about 4 degrees below previous days. As cold post-frontal air sweeps over the region, Monday night will see the freezing level drop to around 1200m, bringing the potential for a few snow flakes about the Stirling Ranges.
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/winter-arrives-in-western-australia/534355

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Storm victims fear they will be tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket despite hardship payments from the government as in some cases insurance only covers a small portion of the massive clean-up bills.
Thousands of Victorians are still without power and over $222,000 worth of personal hardship payments have been issued to almost 200 households since last week's violent storm.
Dean Chapman said he's been crushed to learn insurance only covers 10 per cent of the bill for the damage done to his berry farm in Wandin East, which has been in the family for three generations.
Eyewatering damage as thousands still without power in Victoria
https://www.9news.com.au/national/eyewatering-damage-as-thousands-still-without-power-in-victoria/19a52ba6-7ae9-4a95-8839-24c6bd7c9697

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There are growing signs that much of Australia will experience unusually cold and wet weather this winter and spring, with a negative Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) emerging in recent weeks.

Climatologists have been keeping a close eye on the Indian Ocean during the last couple of months. In May, there were early signs that a negative IOD could develop this winter. This now looks more likely, and we are already starting to feel its impacts.

What is the Indian Ocean Dipole?
https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/negative-indian-ocean-dipole-developing-heres-what-that-means-for-australia-/534429

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Anthony Sharwood, Friday July 2, 2021 - 14:29 EST
It's the 2nd of July this Friday, the coldest month of the year in virtually every town, city or locality in southern Australian, and a large chunk of the country is going to feel it.

It's all thanks to a cold front which moved through Adelaide this morning and is which is now steadily tracking east, as you can clearly see on the synoptic chart below.

As you can see on the Adelaide observations page, the SA capital was 10.1°C at 8 am this morning, but just 8.4°C at 9 am immediately after the passage of the front.

Adelaide has stayed cool all day, with a temp of just 12.3°C at 2 pm as the city heads towards a forecast top of 13°C. Its coldest day of the year to date was the 12.6°C maximum on June 8.

Meanwhile the front should reach Melbourne on Friday evening, and the VIC capital will likely peak at just 12°C on Saturday.

There's not too much moisture associated with this front, but expect a few showers on Friday evening, as well as a shower or two on Saturday with possible small hail, along with some very chilly winds.

There could even be snow to relatively low levels in the hills and ranges around Melbourne.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/here-it-comes-get-ready-for-a-wintry-weekend/534496

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Swathes of Australia have registered an unusually cold month of June, particularly Western Australia.

Perth –capital and largest city of the state of Western Australia— is shivering through one its coldest starts to winter on record following the invasion of a string of polar cold fronts tossed-up from Antarctica.

Data from the warm-mongering Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) show the mean temperature for June –a combination of maximums and minimums– was just 12.9C (55.2F) — a reading which makes this the second coldest June ever recorded, and the coldest for 26 years–since 1995 (solar minimum of cycle 22).

Bureau climatologist Yanhui Blockley said the anomalously-low mean was driven by a powerful cold air mass in late June that was dragged up from the Antarctic.

“[It] brought a period of not just cold nights,” said Blockley, “but daytime temperatures in the mid-teens.”

The mass of cold polar air led to a string of record-breaking nights where the registered lows were among the coldest on record for the city — Perth Airport, for example, dropped to 0.5C (32.9F) on June 21, its lowest mark since 2015.

https://electroverse.net/western-australia-shivers-through-one-of-its-coldest-starts-to-winter/

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Major rainfall and possible storms are on the way for parts of Queensland and NSW with residents waking to icy temperatures this morning.
A low pressure trough interacting with moisture-laden air will cause rain and a few thunderstorms to spread over a broad area of eastern Australia between this afternoon and tomorrow.
This rain will affect areas from central Queensland down to southern NSW, with widespread falls of about 5-20mm and isolated totals over 30mm likely.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-weather-forecast-heavy-rain-on-the-way-for-queensland-nsw-icy-temperatures-canberra-western-australia-south-australia/760c688f-24d0-4659-999b-f82c688a226f

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Sydney, Australia has just shivered through its coldest July day in a decade after maximum temperatures struggled to just 12.1C (53.8F) on Friday afternoon.

That Friday high of 12.1C (53.8F) was Sydney’s coldest July maximum since 2011 (solar minimum of cycle 24).
Another cold day is expected Saturday as strong southerly winds whipped-up from Antarctica hold temperatures at similar lows; however, showers will start to break up by Saturday afternoon as the trough moves offshore, and readings around 12C are unlikely to be repeated in the New South Wales (NSW) capital.

Sydney’s record cold comes after a particularly icy week for the state of NSW, as well as for the entire Australian continent as whole — every state and territory managed to register temperatures cold enough for frost, and all but one saw the mercury plunge below -2C (28.4F), reports 9news.com.au.
https://electroverse.net/record-lows-in-sydney-as-up-suffers-summer-freeze-2-flares-2-blackouts/

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Here it comes: the snow dump that should really get the season rocking and rolling at all mainland Aussie ski resorts.

From this coming Friday into the weekend, Weatherzone meteorologists are expecting a total of 30 to 60 centimetes of fresh snow to fall across the skifields of New South Wales and Victoria, as a classic southwesterly cold front crosses the Australian Alps.

ONE STOP SNOW SHOP (EXCEPT FOR SKI HIRE!) - THE WEATHERZONE SNOW FORECAST PAGE

Ahead of the main front and the cold air it ushers in, a series of troughs embedded in a northwestlery airstream should deliver a few centimetres here and there midweek at higher elevations.

There's the chance of 10-20 cm on Wednesday above 1300 metres, before the snow level rises significantly on Thursday to around 1600m with a surge of warmer air ahead of the main front due later on Friday or early Saturday.

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/biggest-snowfall-of-2021-snow-season-due-later-this-week/534560